0 : , rP THE BEND BULLETIN. BEND. OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 12. 1945 PACE FOUR THE BEND BULLETIN and CENTRAL OEEGON PBESS .. n.-j n..ii.t: .w.li.i tuuit - lusi Thi. Ifenrf Bulletin IDailv) Ert- 1916 Published Every Afternoon lUcept Sunday and Certain Hlulays by The Bei.d Bulletin 786 -74 Wall Slruul Xntered as Second Class Matter. January 6, 1917, I Under Act of March 3, BOJ1ERT W. SAWYER Editor-Manauar HENRY N. KOWLEB Associate Editor FRANK H. LOGGAN bend. Oregon at the Pustuffice at Be ml. Oregon, 1B.0 -Advertising- Manager Aa Indeiiendent Newspaper Standing tor the Square Deal. Clean BuaineaH, Clean Politic. ana we neat mwi " .. - MEMBER AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS SUBSCRIPTION BATES B Hall . By Carrier 15.60 One Year $3.26 Six Months II. SO Ona Month . . ... j n.ir.ur c lu A UU A WrO". All Subscriptions are uun ana r -...u-lw PleaM notify ua of any ehanga of address or failure to receive the paper regularly One Year .... Six Months .. Three Months ...7.r,o ...H.oo wrtiirr? pattts tit IT CONSERVE FUND When the amended Oregon senate bill 136, reducing the top employer's contribution rate to the unemployment com pensation fund to 2.7, passed the upper house, We observed that it had reached its final form as the result of an agree ment between lobbies representing labor and a division or employers who, under the existing law, would normally be required to pay rates as high as 4. Labor, it was understood at ihp time, would be recognized through the raising of un employment benefits to $18 for 20 weeks duration from the present scale of ?15 for 16 weeks duration. This was pro vided in amended senate bill 78, which likewise passed the upper house; , , , , Since then senate bill 136 has passed the lower house and been sent to the governor. Senate bill 78 has been in the ittpn. As wo have said, it was supposed to have been agreed to by the high rate employers' lobby in. part consideration tor laoor s non-opposiuon to uiimiuuiiuu of higher contribution rates. But now it appears that this same employers group is not so well pleased with the benefit schedule arrangement. At the eleventh hour a statement has gone out from Salem head Quarters of the group to its membership suggesting that the maximum possioie annual Dcnent oi ouu couiu wipe urn, mi; compensation fund and raising tne question or wnerner oene fits should be increased at this time. Workers from out of state, it is noted, would chiefly draw on the Oregon fund. If the benefit schedule were to remain unchanged until these workers from out or stale were no longer engiuie ior ueneiits, the fund would of course be conserved for Oregonians. from our position on the outside, merely endeavoring to look in, it is difficult to understand the sudden interest that is now being displayed in conservation of the fund. Had the move come from the Oregon labor lobby, a reason (although a , selfish reason ) could be glimpsed. But the high-rate employers' group has already won its objective in the passage of the bill which leaves 2.7 as the top contribution rate. Condition of the fund will no longer be a factor in preventing application of penalty rates. Yet concern is unmistakably manifest. Does it stem from fear that too great depletion of the fund might result in re-federalization of unemployment compensation? Such fear is indeed warranted if the figures used in the statement to which we have been referring are accurate. It would not be warranted if the old benefit schedule could be retained. Another way to conserve the fund, it may be re alized, would be to induce the governor to veto senate bill 136. It is to be doubted however, that the group which obtained the passage of the bill would look favorably on this suggestion. Bend Man Serves With Port Unit With U. S. Forces In Belgium Rounding out two years of hard work In U. S. army supply opera tions, the 797th Port company has been assigned to a major Belgian port. Pvt. Ernest V. L. Bosworth, Bend, Ore., is a member of the unit. The men, who compose one ot many U. S. army transportation corps outfits operating the port, serve as head checkers, hatch foremen, crane operators, and In many other capacities while su pervising the work of several thousands of Belgian civilian dockworkcrs. Each day, thou sands of tons of war supplies move from ship to warehouse and on to forward area depots oy ran, motor and canal. After more than a year of op eration In an English port, the 797th, as a unit of the 517th Port battalion, landed on Normandy within 48 hours of the first as sault troops. The unit discharged the second vessel to reach the area, unloading ammunition de spite attacks by German aircraft. , They continued to unload vital supplies from freighters into landing craft, encountering ma rine mines and enemy sniiwrs on the beach. The unit moved on as the battle of France progressed, continuing to play an important part In the battle of supply and earning two battle participation stars. according to word received at the Bend sub-station by Chief Special ist Paul Cpnnct, recruiter in charge. The boys will be transferred to the San Diego naval training cen ter upon completion of their per iod of inactive duty of about ten days. Harold was enlisted on March 3 and Howard on March 7. Die Lorelei t i I y & Remember, kj MA WR'ICt. INC Mrs.H.CIaypool, Prineville, Dies Helen Camela Claypool, 77, died early this morning in the St. Char les hospital. She was a resident of Prine ville, and wns bnrn at Harrisburg, Ore. She was affiliated with the Episcopal church there. Mis. Claypool leaves the follow ing sons: Koscoe of Piinrvllle; Luther of Paulina; Winficld of OJai, Calif.; Howard of Beverly Hills, Calif.; seven grandchildren and one great -grandchild. Arrangements, which have not been completed, are being handled by the Nlswonger and Wlnslow funeral home. SubDivesWith Sailor on Deck Washington, March 12 ait-- Hop. Waller K. Granger, P., Utah, to day asked the house naval affairs committee 1" investigate the ac- The present assignment of the i omental death of a young sailor 797th is perhaps its biggest for ! off the Atlantic coasl. the Belgian port is capable of I Granger told the house the sail handllng thousands of tons of or perished when the commander war cargo each day. Its nearness of the submarine on which he was to the forward depots and the ex-1 stationed submerged while he was nerlence of Its thousands of civil ian workers made the port a vital strategic contribution to allied o erations within a few days after its opening. on di-ek. He did not Identity ill-fated sailor. the Costello Heads Safeway Store A newcomer to the business cir cles of Bend Is T. K. Costello, man ager of the Safeway store, w ho ar rived here Saturday evening from Longvlew, Wash. An employe oi Munray since 1924, Costello Joined the food1 6tores as a clerk in Portland and . worked up in 1930 to the position of manager of the I.ongview branch. While In Washington he was a member of the Lions club. 1 Costello is filling the position of 3. D. Sell, former manager, who received a transfer to the Pendle ton branch. 2 MMstate Boys ! Enlist in Navy Harold Kredvrlrk I'hililers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jospph W. Child era 780 Trenton, Cnd, and How nrd Frederick Snider, son of Mr. lnA Mrs. James Snider, Gilchrist, 7. , unlisted n. apprentice sen j a wen m ine Sent headfjuarM ; ACTOIt VISITS KIWAMS Eugene Palette. Hollywood mo- i tion picture actor, today "made a bow at the noonday luncheon of the Mend Kiwanls cluj), when he was introduced hy H. A. Stover. Palette was traveling between his ranch in Wallowa county and Cal ifornia when his car broke down, and he was comin'lletl to stop-over here tor repairs. J XXXI Madame Sand looked up from her writing desk as the servant announced Jozef Eisner. "Who?" "Professor Eisner, Madame." "I am not In." "He has not asked for you, Madame." Monsieur Chopin Is not in either." "Thank you, Madame. The servant bowed. Ho was about to leave. George called him. "I will see Professor Eisner, misunderstood the name." "Thank you, Madame.' The door closed. George heaved a sigh. She picked up her pen but she did not write. She looked at he paper on her desk, waiting. Then she heard the door open and was conscious of Jozef Eisner in the room but she did not raise her eyes. " How do vou do, Madame." George continued to study the papers on her desk. "You had a pleasant journey, I hope?" George raised her eyes slowly. She appeared not to know Jozcf Eisner. Ho stood before her, his hat in his hand. There was a pleasant smile on his face hut the smile turned into an expression of dis appointment when it was apparent she did not recognize nun, or seem to. "I am Eisner, Madame. Jozcf Eisner." "Yes," she said. "Professor Eis ner. I rememlx-r." Jozef Eisner fidgeted with his hat. "How is Frederic?" "We were certain you had gone hack to Poland, 1'rolessor." "Me? Without Frederic? Oil, no! Please, I assure you I am right here- light here He would have gone on but he heard Frederic in the next room, not his voice, but his music the piano as only Frederic could play it. He listened. "You have no idea, Madame, how that sounds to me." George did not answer. "- Would you tell him that I am here, please?" "I never interrupt him w hen he works." "-Eh?" Jozef Eisner wns a lit tle startled. Then he smiled. "If you must not do II now. I will wall, of course. I have wailed so long a few minutes longer " a "Frederic might be much hap pier to know you had gone back to Poland " " What an absurd idea! You jwlll pardon me, Madame - but 1 find the suggestion most how I shall 1 say it I find it most ex traordinary." "1 find it very simple. Mon sieur. EYESIGHT IS PRICELESS Nn amount of money ran buy hark your night onro it I gone. Uon't wait for trouble. Have your eyes cheeked regularly. Dr. M. B. McKenney WITOMETRIST Foot of Oregon Ave. ftaoiw 4G5-W ' Umm." 'Frederic doesn't like scenes. But if you know him so well, Monsieur, I don't have to tell you that. For myself, I find them not the least embarrassing. It were better you didn't see him." " Umm." "That's a plain statement. Mon sieur. But I am a plain woman and I speak plainly. It's the only way know how to talk. The fact Is Monsieur, that much has hap pened since he last saw you." Umm." "His outlook has changed com pletely.'' ( ; iou inniK sor umm. He has found his work here - in these surroundings; not in Par is. He will continue to live as he is living now. Is that plain. Mon sieur?" "Very plain, Madame. Yet if vou don't mind, I should like Frederic to tell me that himself. Eh? In fact. I insist on it." Certainly." Humph." Jozef Eisner start ed toward the door to the next room from whence came the mu sic of the piano. I 'ro lessor! "Eh?" "One question. Pill you like the music Frederic wrote in Major ca?" Jozef Eisner worked his chin. "What is it, Madame, you would nave me say? "You didn't like II, did you?' "- Humph. I think. Madame, I know his abilities as well as any one. After all, I am his teacher." "1 hat m u s i c, Monsieur, has made him the most talked-of com poser In Europe!" " Umm, yes. And talked about in a way, Madame, 1 never dreamed to hear about my pupil. Yes! Now you have it. Hu't that's something else, and I don't quarrel with him I would never quarrel with him. Eisner is not a quarrel ing man. Put now, Madame, there are other things for him to do other music for him to write music that is a little more serious - the kind of music it has always been his desire to write. ..." The words began to tumble ex citedly. " For twenty years -since he played his first lesson to me we looked forward to the day when he would say in his music that freedom had come lo the earth and to all the slaves of the earth, and .that men in Poland and men far beyond the borders of our native land everywhere -were free " Now his face was red. He trem bled. 1 lis head wobbled. He looked toward the adjoining room. He roared: "Frederic!" The music in the next room stopped. Their eyes-Joef Eisner's and George Sand's were on the open door. No answer. Jozef Eisner, standing ,in the center of the room, called again. " Frederic, it's Eisner! Jozef Eisner!" No answer. Jozef Eisner thrust out his chin. Frederic!" He stared at the open door. The piano resumed. A gay, light, airy waltz broke the silence. The Witch of Nohant had tri umphed. Jozef Eisner had been unable to break her spell. (To Bo Continued) Bend's Yesterdays FIFTEEN YEARS AGO tFrom The Bulletin Kites) ) (March 12, 1930) The skull lound on Ochoco creek, near Prineville, by James Johnson, a rancher, is identified as that of a bison, giving first proof that this animal ranged in Central Oregon. Carl 15. Neal arrives here to as sume his duties as supervisor of the Deschutes national lorest. lie is from Koseburg. J. B. Claypool returns to Bend after spending several months in Crane. TWENTY FIVE YEA US AGO tKrum Tlio bulletin rileaj (March 12, 1920. Poputy Assessor Frank May be gins assessing Bend property. Matchmaker E. C. Brick an nounces that a smoker will be held in the Hippodrome theater on March 2(1. Charles Carroll announces his candidacy to succeed Seth Stookey as county commissioner. H. F. Wickner, construction en gineer for Oskar Huber, arrives to insjioct the proposed route of The Dalles-California highway. It. S. Hamilton returns from a business trip to Prineville. War Briefs - Washington Column By Peter Edson (NEA Slat Correspondent) Washington, D. C.-rBehind the army's recently announced 18.9 per cent increase in 1945 war pro duction programs are a number of factors that may be lost sight of. At first glance, any up In plan ning may look silly. What in the world have the planners been do ing for the last three years, that they should come up nearly 20 per cent low in their estimates at this late date? Taking the worst news first, this has been among other things the most wasteful war in history. Because it has been so largely a war of movement, equipment that has become temporarily un serviceable has been discarded in undreamed-of quantities. The re sult has been to eat heavily into reserves. Take overcoats. Men going into action don't want to be encum bered by unnecessary clothing. They discard overcoats which be come trampled in snow and mud, are lost, and eventually have to be replaced with new issues. Take walkie-talkie radios. Sol diers diving for a foxhole fall on their equipment and break it. Re placements have been as high as 100 per cent in some units. You can't say this critically, but the truth is the American soldier is in some ways a spoiled boy in having been led to believe that there are limitless quantities of everything to back him up. Different phasing of the war accounts for no small percentage of increased requirements. The Pacific war is perhaps six months ahead of schedules anticipated a year ago, and the European war is some months behind the opti mistic expectations of last sum mer. That has thrown a double burden on war production, sup plying two wars. It has creatlv advanced production schedules I for supplying the Pacific war,1 which now can't wait. The speed of advance against the Japanese has made difficult, the possibility of transferring large amounts of supplies from the European theater to the Pa-: cific. Everything that can be moved will be moved but addi tional contracts have had to be let to supply replacement equip ment for the remaining Pacific battles. ! The rates at which equipment has worn out and has had to be replaced have been incalculable, having varied for each new oper- ation Africa, Italy, France, New , Guinea, the Philiooines. Onlv now, says Maj.-Gen. Lerov Lutes of the army service forces staff in Washington, do the ASF ho- lieve they have accurate factors for rates of replenishment on sup-1 yijr ui jic-avjc equipment 10 JU- ; rope. i A part of the increased require-1 ments are to build up reserves which every military commander believes are necessary. Licut.-Gen. Brehon Somervell, army service forces commander, has stated that there are no combat items in short supply. But shortages in ; reserves do exist. I The way the supply generals play it, if strikes or submarines should stop the supply line for wkcks hi a lime, tne generals in the field must still have enough to win their wars. r gfe ii FOUNTAIN SERVICE LUNCHEONS HOME-MADE PIES SPORTSMEN'S HEADQUARTERS DOUTHIFS (Hy United IVes) Western Front American in fantrymen battle up Rhine bluffs from bridgehead; Berlin reports two new crossings north ot Renin gen. Eastern Front Russian forces drive within sight of Stettin: Ber lin reports powerful allied air ar mada supporting assault on Baltic port. Pacific Fires mar through Na goya, Japanese aircraft center, af ter B-2U raids; American invasion forces near heart of Zamboanga on Mindanao after capturing four villages and two airstrips; con quest of iwo near completion. Italy Fifth and Eighth army patrols dash with Germans. Buy National War Bonds Now! Rhine Crossing Revives Memories Crossing of the Rhine river by Americans revived for Irving V. i Hardcndorf, Bend resident, mem- ones of more tlian a quarter of a century ago, when he served on' the Rhine with the American ar- my of occupation. Hardcndorf is a.i veteran of the far-famed 91st division of the first world war.! That was a division that crossed streams with tile war cry: "Pow-, der River- Let 'Er buck.'' Hardcndorf brought back fronr the Rhine country souvenirs that included a panorama of the Rhine, a strip of nearly six feet in length showing every curve of the Rhine from Koln to Mainz. Ho also has a panorama of the Mosel, with castles overlooking the far-famed Mosel grape yards. The souvenirs were borrowed from Hardcndorf by Paul llos mer, also an overseas veteran, who plans to brush up on his Rhine lore tonight. Switzerland's important chem ical produced in prewar days quantities of dyes and pharma ceutical products; the production of synthetic resins and tanning materials now has replaced part of the dye industry. Deschutes County's quota is not yet in Have YOU Given? DEPENDABLE SERVICE Our service is based upon the principle of clean, careful laundering, fast as conditions will 'permit. We're doing the same fine work, but faster, these days. 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